Melodious - There's no shame in being poor - it's not like the vast majority of rich people actually work any harder or even really earned their wealth (though almost all rich people are convinced they pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and, of course, some actually have...but that's not the majority). For me "cheap" either means something that is really poorly made or a person who doesn't want to pay a fair price even when they can afford to (millionaires shopping at Goodwill, for instance, or not paying their cleaning lady a decent wage, etc).

Clearly you're loved and appreciated if someone is taking you to a movie...that's the real stuff that's important in life. You can't put a price on love and real friendship - though certainly some people do try to buy those things because they don't realize that they can only be obtained via a different kind of exchange :-)

Thanks for the tip on Julie & Julie - I'm looking forward to watching it...on DVD :-) Oh, and Food Inc isn't really breaking any new ground but it is very well done and ties all kinds of aspects of our food system together. Waiting until it comes out on DVD is probably a good choice in that regard.